Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:54:05 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: xphilius@yahoo.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ipfw rules for FTP - passive vs. active Message-ID: <15321.59789.345547.12684@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20011026175729.89251.qmail@web11808.mail.yahoo.com> References: <15320.17295.222857.730255@guru.mired.org> <20011026175729.89251.qmail@web11808.mail.yahoo.com>
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X Philius <xphilius@yahoo.com> types: > Mike, > I've got a related question. I have a set of IPFW rules that work > pretty well. With the Mac and PC FTP clients I use, it works fine as > long as I force active mode. However, I have been having problems > accessing the server with terminal style FTP clients, either from other > *nix machines or from NT. I can connect fine, but as soon as I try to > 'put' or 'ls' it tries to switch to passive mode and just hangs. I > swear I have read the entire man pages for the FTP client that comes > with FreeBSD, and I know the -p flag forces passive mode, but how do > you force active mode? Thanks in advance. Try the "passive" command in the client to toggle the mode. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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